to be was the amazing support, especially in those conditions it made those 8 months of training all worth it! My Goal: Sub 4:00hrs maybe a little ambitious, my finishing time 4:24, in all honesty by 20 miles time went out the window and it was all about survival

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 4) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Dave the Spartan, 4:59:15The excuses in first: I did no training in January and February due to family illness and pressure from work. I decided to run and enjoy it (Can you

3:00 TO 4:00 (Page 3) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 --Tony P, 3:43:14This was my first marathon. I was looking forward to it with much excitement and I must admit that I was not let down! The crowd support was excellent all the way

can keep with this’ so eased back. My ankle seemed OK, and was maintaining a good pace, going through half way around 1:43.mile 16: right leg started to hurt.mile 18-19: Quad went very tight, stretching was no use.mile 23: stopped at St John’s for quad

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 8) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Mad Moo, 4:14I was a marathon virgin, a bit old as I am nearly 40. On race day I got up in a mad panic, looked at the alarm clock - past five o'clock and we were late

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 10) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Rich the Gooner, 4:59A tale of the good, the bad and the recurring horny mammal.......Saturday 8pm - an early downer, the hotel have let our rooms go; on the up side, a mate